- 1. What is the Advent Wreath?
- (Parish News)
- ... towards God and the birth of His Son, Jesus. The rose candle is used on the 3rd Sunday and represents joy. This Sunday is sometimes called ’Rejoice Sunday’. Rose is a mixture of violet, the colour of ...
- Created on 23 November 2023
- 2. Advent Reconciliation & Christmas Timetable
- (Liturgy and Mass Times)
- ... Mass 12am, 7am & 10.30am Mater Dolorosa Mass 10am Mary Mother of God (New Year’s Day), Monday 1st January 2024, St Francis Xavier Cathedral Mass 9am Normal Mass times resume from Tuesday 2nd January ...
- Created on 15 November 2023
- 3. Christ in You, Lumen Christi Parish Pastoral Plan
- (Pastoral Plan)
- Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Sometimes we feel that our hands are empty and so we have little or nothing to give. But at the heart of our faith is a deep conviction that God is present and has ...
- Created on 06 February 2023
- 4. Christmas Liturgy Schedule
- (Liturgy and Mass Times)
- St Francis Xavier Cathedral 36 Harbour St, Wollongong Christmas Eve, Saturday 24th December 2022 7pm Vigil Christmas Day, Sunday 25th December 2022 12am, 7am, 10.30am & 5pm St John Vianney ...
- Created on 30 October 2022
- 5. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 24th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home. At times in our life, perhaps many times, when confronted with the mystery of suffering or ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 6. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 23rd Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... it! In God is my safety and my glory. Trust in him at all times, O my people! Pour out your hearts before him; God is our refuge! · How deeply is it that I trust ...
- Created on 05 September 2021
- 7. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... pain and grief, or that our experience of loss is not unsettling and bewildering (at times), but that this grief and loss is not accompanied by the thought that this is all there is; that this is the end. ...
- Created on 29 August 2021
- 8. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... Daigle phrases this very nicely in her performance of Trust in You as she sings: “There’s not a place that I will go you’ve not already stood”.[2] In these difficult times let us ask The One for whom ...
- Created on 23 August 2021
- 9. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- ... times that we prayed together. Among the arguments I used to support this approach, apart from that it would allow us to join in harmony with the rest of the praying Church, was that it is vitally important ...
- Created on 09 August 2021
- 10. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Feast of the Transfiguration
- (Reflections)
- ... I leave you with three. The Transfiguration of the Lord reminds us that just as the disciples’ understanding and appreciation of Jesus grew and developed, so must as ours. In some ways, at times, I ...
- Created on 03 August 2021
- 11. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Wednesday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080421.cfm Today’s Gospel Reading (Mt 15:21-28) which can at first glance seem a little harsh at times, and one of these readings we would ...
- Created on 31 July 2021
- 12. Reflections by Fr Anthony Crook RAN | Monday of the 18th Week in Ordinary Time
- (Reflections)
- Link to today’s readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080221.cfm Today’s Reading from the Gospel of Matthew (14:13-21) has parallels in each of the other three Gospels (Mk 6:30-44; Lk 9:10-17, ...
- Created on 31 July 2021
- 13. Mass Times
- (Liturgy and Mass Times)
- SUBMIT YOUR PRAYER INTENTIONS NOVEMBER MASS INTENTIONS MASS INTENTIONS PRAYER REQUESTS LUMEN CHRISTI LITURGY SCHEDULE [CLICK HERE TO CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES ...
- Created on 03 June 2020
- 14. Lumen Christi App
- (News & Media)
- ... app you can enjoy many useful faith-building resources and features to complement your daily faith life, such as, confession and Mass times, daily Mass readings, quick access to parish contacts, view the ...
- Created on 19 November 2017
- 15. What is the Year of Mercy ?
- (Year of Mercy)
- ... sisters on the path of life. Mercy: the bridge that connects God and man, opening our hearts to the hope of being loved forever despite our sinfulness. At times we are called to gaze even more attentively ...
- Created on 18 December 2015
- 16. Contact Us
- (Our Parish)
- Mass Intentions Mass Times Bequest Bulletin General Donation Request a Copy of Baptism Certificate Baptism Enquiries Marriage Enquiries ...
- Created on 29 October 2015
- 17. A Brief History of the Diocese
- (Our Parish)
- ... enable us to trace our Catholic legacy back to the early times of European settlement and to the era of Archbishop John Bede Polding, Australia’s first bishop. At the time of establishment, there was ...
- Created on 27 October 2015
- 18. Welcome
- (Welcome)
- We are called to reveal the Light of Christ to the world. Our Bishop Our Parish Administrator Mass Times Baptism Enquiries Marriage Enquiries ...
- Created on 27 October 2015
- 19. Holy Communion – The Eucharist
- (Sacraments)
- ... of the Christian life. This Sacrament can be received many more times than the occasion of one’s First Holy Communion. Each time we receive Jesus in this Sacrament we become more like Him. We attune our ...
- Created on 17 September 2015
- 20. It All Begins With Water - Baptism
- (Sacraments)
- The Sacrament of Baptism is available to anyone desiring the Sacrament. It begins one’s journey in life as one of God’s beloved sons or daughters. As the priest pours water three times over the head of ...
- Created on 17 September 2015